March 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] lightweight distro based on opensuse
by Hawit 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

there are many lightweight ditro based on ubuntu. is there any from opensuse? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #63 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 63 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Geeko wants you! * Update on openSUSE Infrastructure Services (download.opensuse.org) * KDE 4.2.1 released * OpenSUSE vs. openSUSE * Easgs: How to setup a software RAID-5 distribution in openSUSE (video) The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Indonesian [2], Japanese [3], Polish [4], Portuguese [5] (delay), Russian [6] (delay), Spanish [7], Hungarian [8], Italian [9] (delay), Chinese [10] (delay), French [11], Swedish [12] [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/62 [2] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62/indonesian [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62 [4] http://pl.opensuse.org/Tygodnik_openSUSE/62 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/62 [6] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/62 [7] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62 [8] http://hu.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Heti_H%C3%ADrmond%C3%B3/62 [9] http://it.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Newsletter_Settimanale/62 [10] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62/chinese [11] http://fr.opensuse.org/Lettre_d%27information_openSUSE/62 [12] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62/swedish Have a lot of fun! -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team (Weekly News) openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] xv, opengl, etc. What's the difference?
by Sampsa Riikonen 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Hello, As I have understood, there are several "protocols" to accelerate 2D graphics in linux.. for example kaffeine and smplayer give several options for this. Well, I have the 2D acceleration working OK in smplayer and kaffeine (it is using the "default" which I think is "xv"), but in flash-based videos in the web, like in youtube, I get no 2D acceleration at all, and the video is very framebufferish. Any ideas how to tell flash-player that it should use "xv" for 2D acceleration? Also the terminal program (command line client) and some other basic programs update their window in a very sluggish manner. I am using the openchrome driver on a hp2133 mini-laptop that has the chrome9 graphics chip. Cheers, Sampsa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Sharing printer in AT&T U-verse network
by Duaine & Laura Hechler 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

I'm running opensuse 11.0 with a USB connected printer. The other system is running Win XP. We are both connected to the AT&T U-verse local gateway. How does the Win XP print to opensuse USB printer ? Please use as many explicit steps and commands as possible - meaning just barely know enough to get things connected. Thanks, Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] CUPS server problem SOLVED!
by Marc Chamberlin 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Clive Rogers wrote: > On Wednesday 18 March 2009 16:44:22 Marc Chamberlin wrote: > >> Hi - I need a bit of guidance concerning the CUPs server. I have a >> network with a number of systems all running the CUPS daemon as clients >> on one system running the CUPS daemon as both a client and server. On >> all the systems except the server I can bring up the CUPS configuration >> info, in Firefox, at localhost:631 but on the server I get a 404 Not >> Found error. >> >> I KNOW the CUPS daemon is running on the server since I can print from >> any system just fine, and I can see the cupsd process running when I do >> a ps aux and look for it. I also KNOW that port 631 is open in the >> firewall. I have checked installed packages, and it does not look like I >> am missing any for CUPS. >> >> So what gives? Why won't my CUPS daemon on my server display its >> configuration web page (or for that matter access any of the CUPS >> documents that should be reachable via its web interface?) >> >> Marc Chamberlin... >> > > I had the same problem so used this in Firefox to bring up the cups pages. > http://localhost:631/admin > > Thanks Carlos, Osama, Clive for your help! Clive your answer did the trick, apparently someone has dropped the ball and not provide a root page for the CUPS web server. But going directly to the /admin page does the trick. There are links within the CUPS web pages that point back to the root home index page that are now broken of course... Marc... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSUSE and Tasks
by Kai Ponte 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

I had to laugh. I was working just now and noticed the amount of tasks that I had running. http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2009/20090317_desktop.jpg Just try this in Wintendo! -- kai www.perfectreign.com | www.ecmplace.com www.twitter.com/PerfectReign -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How often should I update?
by Bob Williams 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Hi, I'm using openSUSE 11.1 with KDE 4.2.1, with which I'm very happy. :) But I'm not sure how often I should update my system. In other words, what is the difference between the installed and available package in kde4-dolphin 4.2.1-75.5(4.2.1-75.7)? The righthandmost (is that a word?) digit seems to increment itself by 1 each day, and this is true of all the packages in KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop. Are these changes significant, or should I be watching the first integer following the dash? Thanks, Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.1, Kernel 2.6.27.19-3.2-default, KDE 4.2.1 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9200GS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.0 Network Manager Update Completely Breaks Wireless
by David C. Rankin 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Listmates, The network manager update completely broke my ability to connect through my wireless adapter on my laptop. The network manager will not even try to get an address no matter what I try (edit my access point config and choose "connect and save" --or-- redo my entire wireless with yast and choose "traditional ifup") Needless to say it is painfully frustrating to have 2 significant "updates" (dbus and network manager) released yesterday and both are so broken as to be pitiful. Who is responsible for testing the "updates" before they go out the door? And, more importantly, what can I do to get a wireless connection again? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] CUPS server problem
by Marc Chamberlin 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hi - I need a bit of guidance concerning the CUPs server. I have a network with a number of systems all running the CUPS daemon as clients on one system running the CUPS daemon as both a client and server. On all the systems except the server I can bring up the CUPS configuration info, in Firefox, at localhost:631 but on the server I get a 404 Not Found error. I KNOW the CUPS daemon is running on the server since I can print from any system just fine, and I can see the cupsd process running when I do a ps aux and look for it. I also KNOW that port 631 is open in the firewall. I have checked installed packages, and it does not look like I am missing any for CUPS. So what gives? Why won't my CUPS daemon on my server display its configuration web page (or for that matter access any of the CUPS documents that should be reachable via its web interface?) Marc Chamberlin... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Spurious "/dev/hdc: writable, no read permission" message.
by Carlos E. R. 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I use the following sequence to burn dvds, in a script: time growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=IMAGEFILE -dvd-compat -speed=8 sleep 5 echo Ejecting eject /dev/dvd sleep 5 ls -l /dev/hdc file -s /dev/hdc sleep 1 file -s /dev/hdc echo Comparing... time nice cmp --bytes=$(wc -c <IMAGEFILE) /dev/hdc IMAGEFILE date And some times, not always, I see this output (the marked line): [...] Ejecting brw-rw----+ 1 root disk 22, 0 2009-03-13 03:55 /dev/hdc couldn't open file /dev/hdc: writable, no read permission <======== THIS == /dev/hdc: LUKS encrypted file, ver 1 [aes, cbc-essiv:sha256, sha1] UUID: d6367de2-9ecd-4e74-85d3-6acc8e6 Comparing... I explain. First, I burn the image. Then, I eject the dvd, to force the kernel to reread it (k3b does the same). Then, I compare the image with the just burned dvd, but in order to avoid the random error, I first run "file -s /dev/dvd", which makes the burner to close the door. The curious thing is that, on some runs, the first attempt to read the dvd fails with the message: /dev/hdc: writable, no read permission which is not true, because the permissions, read just before, are: brw-rw----+ 1 root disk 22, 0 2009-03-13 03:55 /dev/hdc and the second attempt succeeds. That's why I run the "file" command before the "cmp", so that the cmp succeeds (ie, previously I got the same error on the cmp). And it doesn't happen every day, just some times. If it happened every time, I'd think it could be the door closing and the system attempting to load the dvd. And it did not happen several months ago, with 10.3. Curious, isn't it? (running 11.0; gnome; stock install plus mandatory and recommended updates) - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEUEARECAAYFAknAN8EACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VNogCXYNCdJNtvBJW8bHuw5cHsf9yl TACdFKunbjOYJ6GUdopjLw/X2hR785o= =bEDi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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